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The inventory cuts point to a slowdown in sales in September and October to something more in line with the 16.3 million-unit SAAR the market tracked at prior to August....More

Analysts expect the new plant initially will build the Rio and Soul subcompact, and the Forte compact sedan. Kia executives say U.S. sales of all three are being curtailed by tight supplies....More

Some of the inventory buildup is attributable to Ford stockpiling F-150 large pickups as it begins retooling in August for the new aluminized versions....More

“The feedback we get is that the car looks conservative when you see it in pictures but looks better in person,” says Mike O’Brien, vice president-corporate and product planning....More

The Ford F-Series pickup and Edge and Escape CUVs all posted sales declines in June compared with like-2013....More

With Subaru understocked in the segment, nearly all automakers selling midsize cars, including Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Nissan and Toyota, could withstand some trimming to inventory in the segment....More

Inventory of domestically made LVs is where most of March’s excess inventory exists. There could be some production slowdowns, but higher retail incentives in place in March are likely to continue in April, and possibly increase....More

WardsAuto estimates inventory is roughly 200,000 units above where it needs to be, even when taking into account that sales should rebound from weather-related losses in January-February....More

WardsAuto estimates inventory is about 300,000 to 400,000 units higher than the optimum level to meet current market demand, but much of the excess appears related to January’s weather-dampened sales and to model changeovers....More

For the second consecutive year Ford outpaced Toyota to take second place behind General Motors in U.S. sales....More

Ford truck sales got a boost from commercial buyers purchasing F-Series pickups and E-Series vans for tax purposes at the end of the year....More

Ford ended the month with 91 days’ supply in inventory, a level officials say they’re comfortable with due to expected strong sales to close out the year....More